NOAA’s latest generation of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES), known as the GOES-R Series, is the nation’s most advanced fleet of geostationary weather satellites.
Find out more about these satellites as well as the latest news below.
Introducing the GOES Satellites
An introduction to NOAA's GOES-R Series Satellites - including GOES-R GOES-16 GOES East and GOES-S GOES-17 GOES West.
Introducing the GOES Series GOES 101
Satellite science is fun for kids too! From weather and hazards on Earth to search and rescue and bursts of energy from the sun, the GOES-R satellite will see it all from 22,000 miles above our planet!
Watch GOES-R Meet GOES-R
GOES News
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In 2018, NOAA launches the GOES-S satellite, which takes its place in orbit as GOES-17. Working… -
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GOES-S launched into space at 5:02 pm ET from Kennedy Space Center on March 1, 2018. -
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NOAA GOES-S will travel to space aboard a ULA Atlas V 541 expendable launch vehicle, or rocket. -
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Learn about the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI), the primary instrument on the GOES-R Series for… -
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Two new geostationary weather satellites will provide constant watch over the United States and the… -
Satellite Snapshots
NOAA's GOES East satellite caught a dramatic view of the Bombogenesis 'Bomb Cyclone… -
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Now in its new GOES East position, the advanced GOES-16 satellite has officially joined NOAA’s… -
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NOAA’s GOES-S, the second in a series of next-generation satellites, headed south for the winter…